State Dept cable 1977-133170

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009

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TAGS: BU, PDEV, RH

SUBJECT: JOSHUA NKOMO VISITS BULGARIA

1. BULGARIAN PRESS REPORTED JUNE 26-28 VISIT OE
ZIMBABWIAN DELEGATION LED BY ZAPU CHAIRMAN JOSHUA NKOMO
TO BULGARIA, AT INVITATION OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE OE
BULGARIA COMMUNIST PARTY (BCP). NAMES OF OTHER DELEGATION
MEMBERS WERE NOT GIVEN.

2. NKOMO WAS MET AT AIRPORT BY DIMITUR STANISHEV, MEMBER
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OF BCP SECRETARIAT, LAID WREATH AT MAUSOLEUM OE GEORGI
DIMITROV (BULGARIA'S LENIN'S TOMB), ADDRESSED ACADEMY
OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND MET WITH
PRESIDENT TODOR ZHIVKOV AND PENCHO KUBADINSKI, LEADER
OF FATHERLAND FRONT (FF), BULGARIA'S OSTENSIBLE POLITICAL
UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION.

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3. PRESS REPORTED THAT AT ZHIVKOV MEETING, NKOMO "STRESSED
GREAT IMPORTANCE OE SULLGWT OE COUNTRIES EROM SOCIALIST
COMMONWEALTH FOR SPREADING OE NATIONAL LIBERATION
STRUGGLE OE PEOPLE OE ZIMBABWE, AND EXPRESSED SINCERE
GRATITUDE OE LEADERSHIP OP ZAPU POR HELP RENDERED BY BCP
AND BULGARIA." IN HIS RESPONSE, ZHIVKOV SPOKE OP "PRINCIPLED
AND CONSISTENT POLICY OP BCP IN SUPPORT OP JUST AND
LEGITIMATE STRUGGLE OF OPPRESSED PEOPLES POR NATIONAL
INDEPENDENCE AND SOCIAL PROGRESS."

4. PRESS STATED THAT AT JUNE 27 PATHERLAND PRONT MEETING,

PF CHAIRMAN KUBADINSKI, WHO ALSO SAW NKOMO OFF AT AIRPORT

JUNE 28, "ACQUAINTED VISITOR WITH HISTORY OP PF AND

ITS PLACE IN BUILDING OP AN ADVANCED SOCIALIST SOCIETY,"

WHILE NKOMO SPOKE OP "TASKS OP PATRIOTIC FRONT" OF ZIMBABWE.

5. COMMENT: PATHERLAND PRONT-PATRIOTIC FRONT PARALLEL
WOULD BODE ILL IF THERE WERE ANY REAL BASIS POR IT. PF WAS
AT FIRST BROAD SPECTRUM COALITION OP BULGARIAN POLITICAL
GROUPS WITHIN WHICH, WITH HELP OP RED ARMY, BCP CONSOLIDATED
ITS RULE IN BULGARIA IN POST-WAR PERIOD. WITHIN RELATIVELY
SHORT PERIOD, COALITION PARTIES WERE DESTROYED ONE BY ONE,
WITH ONLY A GUTTED AGRARIAN PARTY-NOW IN "INDISSOLUBLE
ALLIANCE" WITH BCP-REMAINING.

HERZ

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Margaret P. Grafeid Deciassified/Reieased US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009

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Capture Date: 01 -Jan-1 994 12:00:00 am

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Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Concepts: VISITS, MEETING DELEGATIONS

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Sent Date: 29-Jun-1977 12:00:00 am
Decaption Date: 01 -Jan-1 960 12:00:00 am

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Disposition Date: 22 May 2009
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Document Number: 1977SOFIA01401

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Subject: JOSHUA NKOMO VISITS BULGARIA
TAGS: PDEV, BU, RH, BCP, (NKOMO, JOSHUA)

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Margaret P. Grafeld
Declassified/Released
US Department of State
EO Systematic Review
22 May 2009

Markings: Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009

Margaret P. Grafeld Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 22 May 2009